Photograph mounting



Dec. 20, 1938. r N WARSHA 2,140,660

PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTING I Filed Nov. 27, 1937 INVENTOR. Naf'han war'shaw 0QJ3- ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 20, 1938 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEPHOTOGRAPH MOUNTING Nathan Warshaw, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 27, 1937, Serial No. 176,819

6 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in photograph mountings orpicture corner pockets by means of which photographs and the like may beremovably, or if desired permanently, mounted in a photograph album andthe like.

The general object of the invention is to provide a strong reinforcedcorner pocket mounting of this type made from a single blank ofmaterial.

A further object of the invention is to provide in-a device of this typea corner pocket consisting of several thicknesses of material at thepocket portion ensuring a strong durable mounting.

A further object of this invention is to provide a single piece blank offibrous material pre-scored and foldable on the score line into finalform.

These and other objects as will appear from the following disclosure aresecured by means of the invention herein described.

This invention resides substantially in the combination, construction,arrangement and relative location of parts, all in accordance with thedescription when taken in connection with the attached drawing.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof after the first fold, on line 6;

Figure 3 is a similar view after the second fold, on line 5;

Figure 4 is a view after the final fold showing the finished structure;and

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 4showing the double thickness pocket.

As those skilled in this art will appreciate, the blank from which thecorner pocket or mounting is made in accordance with this invention isstamped out of a suitable piece of fibrous material, preferably paper,which, as is common, is black in color. The complete blank is shown inFigure 1 and is of a single piece of paper stamped or blanked out from astrip. The structure is of such simple nature that it may readily beproduced automatically in a continuously operating machine using stripsor sheets of suitable paper, preferably completely gummed on the rearface. The blank may be roughly divided into four areas which are definedby score lines providing, as is well known in the art, fold lines. Theseareas are indicated by the reference numerals I, 2, 3, 4, 3 and 4. Thelines 5, 6,1, and 8 represent the score lines. Additional score lines 9and Ill may or may not be provided, depending upon whether or not in thefinished articleit is desired to have turned over so as to expose theadhesive tabs by means of which the photographs or pictures can bepermanently secured in the mounting.

In folding the finished blank into final form the area 2 is folded alongthe score line 6 so as to lie at right angles to its previous positionoverlying the areas 3' and 4, as isclear from Figure 2. With the partsthus folded the blank is then folded along the score line 5 to theposition shown in Figure 3, at which time the area 2 overlaps the area Iso that the adhesive on the rear face of the area 2 at the overlappingportion engages the area I. That portion of the adhesive on theoverlapping strip of the portions l and 2 is moistened so that they maybe permanently secured in this relative position. The faces of the areas3, 4, 3' and 4, on which appears the adhesive, are at this time exposed,as indicated by the stippling in Figure 3. The adhesive is moistened andtheareas 3 and 3' are folded on the score lines 8 and 8 so as to overliethe areas 4 and 4, respectively, and be adhered thereto.

As is clear from Figure 5 this arangement provides a right angled pocketwhich is closed along the bottom edges, and is provided with a back wallrepresented by the areas I and 2, for a portion of which at least thereis a double thickness of material, and a front wall portion which is ofdouble thickness, the plies of which are firmly adhered together. Thisstructure, of which Figure 4 is a front elevational view, represents thecompleted article which in use is merely applied to the surface on whichit is to be mounted by moistening the rear thereof and cementing it inplace. When it is desired to secure the photographs or pictures in thepocket so they may not readily be removed, the tabs defined by the scorelines 9 and 10 may be bent over to the position shown in Figure 4,bringing their adhesive surfaces to the front. This protects themagainst moistening the adhesive on the rear of the mount while it isbeing secured in place. At the time the picture corner is inserted inthe pocket these small tabs may be moistened and the picture presseddown on them after it is seated so that it is securely held in place.When one of these mountings is used at each of the four corners of thepictures and is secured to each pair of tabs it will be seen that it isfirmly secured.

It will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that all thefolding operations may be carried out in automatic machinery and thecementing of the portions l and 2 likewise effected therein. As issometimes common in the process, the blanking and folding operations maybe carried out continuously in a single mechanism into which the paperis fed and from; which the finished mounts issue.

From the above description it will be apparent to those skilled in theart that the details of this invention may be varied without departurefrom the scope of the novel subject matter herein disclosed. I do not,therefore, desire to be strictly limited to the disclosure as given forpurposes of illustration but rather to the scope of the claims grantedme.

What I seek to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A corner pocket of the type described, consisting of a rear wallformed from two portions of fibrous material overlapping and cementedtogether, and a single piece front wall of fibrous material integralwith the rear wall portions, the front wall being in two layersadhesively bound together.

2. A corner pocket of the type described, consisting of a rear wallformed. from two portions of fibrous material overlapping and cementedtogether, and a front Wall of fibrous material integral with the rearwall portions, the front wall being in two layers adhesively boundtogether, the entire structure being formed from a single blank offibrous material.

3. A blank of fibrous material foldable to form a corner pocket,comprising a single piece of material composed of a square portionfoldable on diagonal lines and tab portions extending in directlyopposite directions and integral with the square portion on a pair ofadjacent sides, one of said tab portions being wider than the other.

4. A blank of fibrous material foldable to form a corner pocket,comprising a single piece of material composed of an open square portionfoldable on diagonal lines and tab portions extending in oppositedirections and integral with the open square portion on a pair ofadjacent sides.

5. A blank of fibrous material foldable to form a corner pocket,comprising a single piece of material composed of an open square portionfoldable on diagonal lines and tab portions extending in oppositedirections and integral with the open square portion on a pair ofadjacent sides, one of said tab portions being wider than the other.

6. A mounting of the type described, comprising a single piece ofmaterial folded to form a rear wall, the top and sides of which meet atright angles and the bottom of which consists of portions extending atright angles to each other and at 45 to the sides, and adouble-thickness front wall integral with the rear wall along saidportions.

NATHAN WARSHAW.

